Re: Call for seconds: DFSG violations in Lenny
----- "Robert Millan" <rmh@aybabtu.com> wrote:
> Or rather, I propose the following alternative which incorporates Manoj's
> rewritten #2 (in addition to removing the last sentence in #4):
>
> Option 2 (allow Lenny to release with propietary firmware)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> 1. We affirm that our Priorities are our users and the free software
> community (Social Contract #4);
>
> 2. We acknowledge that there is a lot of progress in the kernel firmware
> issue; most of the issues that were outstanding at the time of the
> last stable release have been sorted out. However, new issues in the
> kernel sources have cropped up fairly recently, and these new issues
> have not yet been addressed.
>
> 3. We assure the community that there will be no regressions in the progress
> made for freedom in the kernel distributed by Debian relative to the Etch
> release in Lenny
>
> 4. We give priority to the timely release of Lenny over sorting every bit
> out; for this reason, we will treat removal of sourceless firmware as a
> best-effort process, and deliver firmware in udebs as long as it is
> necessary for installation (like all udebs), and firmware included in
> the kernel itself as part of Debian Lenny, as long as we are legally
> allowed to do so.
>
> (Since this option overrides the SC, I believe it would require 3:1
> majority)
This seems rational and pragmatic. I second this proposal.
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Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com
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